00:00How keen are you to put the record straight here?
00:06Yeah, you summed it up, all of us are pretty disappointed after the first test, so we put
00:10that behind us, we've had our discussions and we're looking forward to the second one
00:13here at Nottingham.
00:14Putting in the work, doing everything we can, rebuilding and yeah, going hard forward into
00:19the next test.
00:20How much is the confidence taking a hit though when you lose a test in that manner?
00:24Yeah, it's disappointing but it's Test cricket at the end of the day, it happens, it happens
00:27to the best teams in the world as well, it happened to England, Australia, India, so
00:30just for us to happen and just how we're going to bounce back is going to be most important.
00:33And you have a team that has pedigree if it comes to the balance of the bat, top of the
00:38list against Australia in January, can you harness that?
00:41Yeah, it's something we can look at, it happened the same time in Australia at that time and
00:45we came back and we won the Test match, so if we can replicate that all of us will be
00:48really happy, but it's not going to be easy again.
00:50We need to do the right things, bat for long periods of time and take the wickets when
00:53we need to.
00:54And then say the batting is the big area that needs improvement, particularly if you're
00:57playing here in these conditions on the line, I think it's going to play a scene as well.
01:01Yeah, we don't know what's going to come but obviously the batting didn't stick their hand
01:07up, a few of us can stick our hands up, we've got a few of the softest missiles, but moving
01:11into the next test I think that's where the key is either getting 20 wickets and obviously
01:14putting enough runs on the board for the bowlers to bowl at.
01:17Is it important not just for this series but also for Test cricket and the West Indies
01:21that you might get this competitive series?
01:23Oh yeah, of course, for us Test cricket is the number one priority, for me especially,
01:28I know a lot of the other guys, so West Indies back to winning ways and West Indies winning
01:32consistently and having consistent performances is what the world wants to see and we definitely
01:36want to see it.
01:37Shemar Joseph, how is he struggling at the moment, does he hardly supply a game?
01:42He should be good, yeah, I'm guessing, I'm not part of the medical team so I can't really
01:45comment on it, he bowled a couple of in-nets today so I'm sure he'll be alright.
01:50Go ahead.
01:51Joshua, you're Jimmy Anderson's last Test wicket, was that a nice thing to be able to
01:57say or was it something you draw on after the game?
01:59I tried my hardest not to be one of his wickets but unfortunately I got a good Jimmy seed,
02:04I told him after the game I was trying really hard, he gave a good laugh, so yeah, no, but
02:08what a legend he is and I'm happy I don't have to see him again.
02:11Is it nice to move on from that, Lord's was always a strange occasion with everything
02:15that's going on with Jimmy, was that any sort of distraction or will this be different without him?
02:21I don't think it was a distraction, it's the first time I had to walk out every morning
02:25of a Test match in a line, so that was a bit different, but no, it was a good occasion
02:30and it summed up, I guess, how it happened was what happened, so we're just moving on
02:34looking forward to this one.
02:37Joshua, in terms of this England team, does that 100 you got in Grenada, is that still
02:43the high point of your career, you're running a Test century and you did it in a winning
02:48cause in a Test series?
02:49No, I think Australia has jumped past that one, beating Australia in the Gabba, I think
02:53that's jumped past it, but yeah, I can never forget that 100 and it sticks with me and
02:57hopefully I can replicate it, it would be really nice.
02:59During that, you had a long-running battle with Ben Sturridge, there was a lot of chat
03:04going about that, how does, just recall that experience of being put under the bumper and
03:08sort of being steeled up for Test cricket by having Ben give you a spray?
03:12Oh yeah, it was nice, it was a good challenge, of course it's Test cricket at the end of
03:16the day and both teams are going to put their heart and soul out in the middle, but yeah,
03:19I think it just shows the competitor he is and he still is, so it's always a good challenge
03:23but hopefully I can bat a bit longer and get a bit more challenge out of him.
03:26Are you actually grateful that he's no longer around? We saw last week that he's still at England and they've made a decision not to have him, are you grateful?
03:46At the end of the day it's cricket, whoever they put out we have to play, so unfortunately
03:50yeah, he's retired, it's nice to see the back of him, but if he was still playing we're
03:53still going to go about it the same way it was, he's just another bowler. Obviously what
03:56he's done in Test cricket is phenomenal, but at the end of the day it's just numbers and
04:00he's still a person and he can have bad days.
04:02Josh, as a keeper, I think this round particularly is a lot warmer than the test match here two
04:09years ago, folks said they've never seen anything like it, how much preparation have you done
04:13for this game specifically in these conditions that can be very unusual?
04:16I did a lot leading up to this series when we were in Tunbridge and Beckingham when we
04:20had practice games, so I'm pretty confident of the work I've done. Obviously England is
04:24a tough place to keep, but Lords was pretty good, I was quite happy with the way I caught
04:27the ball and it didn't do as much, so I've never kept here, so I'm looking forward to
04:32see what challenges it presents.
04:36Josh, you spoke before about getting together and talking about Lords and what the discussions
04:42were like, because I suppose the school club was pretty brutal, were there a couple of
04:46things in there that looked promising?
04:49Yeah, obviously there were quite a bit of positives, it might not look like it, but
04:52we took a few positives, a lot of guys got starts and just didn't carry on. We talked
04:56about soaking up more pressure and how we're going to deal with those situations if we
04:59are put in them again, not losing wickets in clusters, so it's about reminding ourselves
05:04the process and trusting that process, because all of us have a different way of going about
05:07it, but it's just about trusting our own game and making sure we get the job done.
05:12How much is it, I mean it's the British weather, but it looks like you guys are still training
05:18up there despite the rain, I suppose a bit of persistence doesn't look right to speak.
05:23Yeah, we played in a bit of drizzle in Lords and it gets a bit like this a lot of the time,
05:28so to get some practice in these conditions, it's probably going to hopefully come into
05:33our favour at one point or another, but yeah, just putting in the work as much as we can.
05:38Do you feel like a senior player in this West Indies side now, because I'm just looking
05:43at, for example, Craig, Jason and yourself as the only three guys that have made it to
05:47the century, so you've got about 20-odd caps now. Do you feel like a senior player now?
05:51Early enough, yes I know, but I'm in the front row of the team picture now, so that says
05:56a lot. I like to think that I've played enough, I have a bit of experience, obviously I don't
06:02know everything, I'm far from knowing everything about Test cricket, so I'm still learning
06:05of Craig and Jason and Azari especially, but yeah, I hope to see that some of the boys
06:09can ask me some questions and they look up to see games I've played.
06:13And just in terms of West Indies, England have talked about Julian Assane retiring now
06:18because they're looking ahead to the Ashes, do you find that kind of chat when another
06:21team's talking about something that's miles away, is that a little bit strange with all
06:25the other opponents right here in the country?
06:28No, that's the biggest fixture I would say of their calendar, so if they're looking forward,
06:34they're looking to groom some players and make sure that they have their team ready
06:37for them, so I don't think it's wrong of them at all, no it doesn't hurt us, I don't study
06:42it especially, it's just we still have to play the cricket, if they take us for granted
06:45we might get a win, or we can win the series, so for me I take that as a favour.
06:53Any questions on Zoom?
06:59No? OK, thank you very much.
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